And fast, fast gaed she hame:

‘Whare hae ye been, my dear dochter?

Ye hae na been your lane.

18

‘The nicht is misty, weet, and mirk;

Ye may look out and see;

The ewes war skippin oure the knowes,

They wad na bucht in for me.

19

‘But wae be to your shepherd, father,